The Tennessee Orthopaedic Society (TOS) announced a new partnership with the Safe Stars Initiative, a statewide effort dedicated to elevating safety standards in youth sports leagues across Tennessee. This collaboration underscored a shared commitment to protecting young athletes through education, prevention, and proactive health policies. As part of the partnership, Dr. Eric Bowman, President of…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Orthopaedic Society (TOS) has named Eric N. Bowman, MD as its new president to serve through 2026. Eric Bowman, MD, TOS President Dr. Bowman is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon and associate professor of orthopaedic surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He specializes in the operative and nonoperative treatment of shoulder,…

The Tennessee Medical Association (TMA), in partnership with the Tennessee Foundation for Quality Patient Healthcare (TFQPH), has launched Know More / No More, a free, two-hour online opioid prescribing education course available to all Tennessee prescribers. This program fulfills the state’s two-hour controlled substance prescribing education requirement and provides 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™…